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None that I've seen.Is there a photograph of the decedent available?
None that I've seen.Is there a photograph of the decedent available?
Yes, haven't been able to find anything.Since this was a DNA confirmation perhaps we have her birth name rather than her adopted name. "lived in Traverse City and Saginaw" seems like her adult identity is known though. Has anyone checked mid-60s high school yearbooks for those areas?
If you Google her full birth name on Facebook, there are some posts of interest, such as her father's obit. If I could ID the source, I would share it here. People there commented on wanting to find a photo but having no luck. Interesting inferences about this possibly being a family with Native American ties are also discussed.So they were all adopted as older children if she was the youngest and put up at age 11. If the family was all in contact with one another including Patricia you would think someone would have photos or at least know where they could be found. Seems like that would be a high priority when asking the public for information.
Sandusky is home to Cedar Point, which is a super popular amusement park that many Michiganders visit. It’s totally possible that she ended up in Erie because she was visiting Sandusky for something.I wasn't expecting that she lived in western Michigan. Did she spend time in Detroit? How did she end up in Lake Erie?
Was there an estimate as to how long she had been in the water before she was discovered? Sandusky is a summer resort and I'd expect if Patricia went into the water 'locally' that it would have been in the summer. Otherwise I'd expect that she went into the water near Detroit. (although the lake currents had me convinced she went in either near Sandusky or somewhere on the Ontario coast, but the latter now seems unlikely.)
would think that the dress might have a label.... they know that it is size 12
would explain why no one reported her missing... if she was not regularly in contact... still most peopleApril 4, 2023 - Identified as Patricia Eleanor Greenwood.
Thanks to funding for new DNA testing for cold cases, police say they have finally identified the body of a woman found on the beach near Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio on March 30, 1980 — precisely 43 years to the day of the discovery.
According to officials, the woman was Patricia Eleanor Greenwood, who was born in 1948 in Bay City and lived in Traverse City and Saginaw.
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Body found near Cedar Point in 1980 identified as Michigan woman using new DNA testing
Sandusky Police are asking anyone who knew Patricia Eleanor Greenwood to come forwardwww.metrotimes.com
Would be really cool to find one, which I haven’t. She was only 32 when she died. One would think there had to be a SS record on her, maybe the police could find people she worked with at one time. Obviously the brothers and sisters weren’t very close. Love the dress, doesn’t remind me of a sex worker dress though even in the 80’s they dressed in less lol. Unless she was a higher class worker.Is there a photograph of the decedent available?
How about news papers archives for them areas, maybe she was in a wedding, car accident, won an award.Since this was a DNA confirmation perhaps we have her birth name rather than her adopted name. "lived in Traverse City and Saginaw" seems like her adult identity is known though. Has anyone checked mid-60s high school yearbooks for those areas?
“Tissue” sample would mean flesh or other soft remains of the body (ie not bone). Suspect the new technique referred to is the genetic genealogy component of the case. The article could have been titled more clearly."Sandusky Police Detective Eric Costante sent a tissue sample to the forensics lab Bode Technology in Lorton, Virginia, which was able to extract DNA from the sample." Body found near Cedar Point in 1980 identified as Michigan woman using new DNA testing
Her DNA was found by analyzing a fabric sample from the dress? Did I understand correctly?
Thanks . I made a mistake . My apologies .“Tissue” sample would mean flesh or other soft remains of the body (ie not bone). Suspect the new technique referred to is the genetic genealogy component of the case. The article could have been titled more clearly.